ihjel.
to death
Meaning & usage
to death
to death (to a great degree)
Where this word comes from
From late Old Danish i hiel (compare Old Swedish ihiæl), earlier Old Danish i hæl (Old Swedish i hæl), from Old East Norse ī hæl (Old West Norse í hel), compound of i (“in, to”) + hel (“the death, the underworld”), literally “to the death, to the netherworld”. Compare Swedish ihjäl and Norwegian Nynorsk i hel.
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